Thirteen women who were sexually assaulted by former USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar are asking the FBI for $130 million in compensation, nearly a year after a federal investigation found two agents in Indianapolis committed "fundamental errors” for not acting sooner on allegations of abuse.
Federal tort claims filed Wednesday by attorneys representing the women say they suffered "significant and irreparable personal injuries" because of the FBI's failure to act when it first received allegations that Nassar was sexually abusing gymnasts.
"To know the FBI could have helped to avoid this trauma — it disgusts me, and it hurts me," Nassar survivor Grace French said during a Thursday news conference.
French and former Michigan State University gymnast Lindsey Lemke are among the 13 women. The rest are anonymous.
Nassar was sentenced to more than 100 years imprisonment in 2018. More than three years later, the Justice Department’s Inspector General released a scathing report that found W. Jay Abbott, former head of the FBI’s Indianapolis Field Office, and an unidentified FBI agent took eight months to respond when the first allegations against Nassar arrived at their office in 2015.
While their investigation lingered Nassar sexually assaulted at least 120 women and children, according to John Manly, an attorney who represents Nassar survivors.
IndyStar has requested comment from the federal government on the tort claims filed this week....
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